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Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He was the younger brother of guitarist Jimmie Vaughan. Born and raised in Dallas, Vaughan began playing guitar at age seven, initially inspired by his elder brother, Jimmie Vaughan. In 1972, he dropped out of high school and moved to Austin, where he began to gain a following after playing gigs on the local club circuit. Vaughan joined forces with Tommy Shannon on bass and Chris Layton on drums as Double Trouble in 1978 and established it as part of the Austin music scene; it soon became one of the most popular acts in Texas. He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, where David Bowie saw him play. Bowie contacted him for a studio gig that resulted in Vaughan playing blues guitar on the album Let's Dance (1983), before being discovered by John Hammond who interested major label Epic Records in signing Vaughan and his band to a record deal. Within months, they achieved mainstream success for the critically acclaimed debut album Texas Flood. With a series of successful network television appearances and extensive concert tours, Vaughan became the leading figure in the blues revival of the 1980s. Playing his guitar behind his back or plucking the strings with his teeth as Jimi Hendrix did, he earned fame in Europe, which later resulted in breakthroughs for guitar players like Robert Cray, Jeff Healey, Robben Ford, and Walter Trout, amongst others. During the majority of his life, Vaughan struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction. He also struggled with the personal and professional pressures of fame and his marriage to Lenora "Lenny" Bailey. He successfully completed rehabilitation and began touring again with Double Trouble in November 1986. His fourth and final studio album In Step reached number 33 in the United States in 1989; it was one of Vaughan's most critically and commercially successful releases and included his only number-one hit, "Crossfire". He became one of the world's most highly demanded blues performers, and he headlined Madison Square Garden in 1989 and the Beale Street Music Festival in 1990. On August 27, 1990, Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin, after performing with Double Trouble at Alpine Valley Music Theatre. An investigation concluded that the cause of the accident was pilot error and Vaughan's family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Omniflight Helicopters which was settled out of court. Vaughan's music continued to achieve commercial success with several posthumous releases and has sold over 15 million albums in the United States alone. In 2003, David Fricke of Rolling Stone ranked him the seventh greatest guitarist of all time. Vaughan was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, along with Double Trouble bandmates Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, and Reese Wynans.
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Blues You Can Use [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 5:54 |
Happy New Year Blues [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 9:27 |
Live Texas 1987 [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Look at Little Sister | 5:43 |
The Real... Blues: The Ultimate Collection [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot [Album Version] | 4:01 |
The Complete Epic Recordings Collection [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Life By the Drop | 2:27 |
Original Album Classics [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Tell Me | 2:48 |
Lookin' Out the Window | 2:48 |
Original Album Classics [Five-Disc] [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
Mary Had a Little Lamb [Live][#][*] | 3:31 |
Let Me Love You Baby | 2:43 |
Leave My Girl Alone | 4:15 |
Love Me Darlin' | 3:21 |
Love Struck Baby: Live 1987 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Looking Out the Window |
Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection, Pt. 4: 1970-2005 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:39 |
Pure... Blues [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:42 |
Pure... Drive [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:39 |
Pure... Hard Rock [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 7:59 |
Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Tin Pan Alley [*] |
Double Play: Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 8:00 |
Playlist: The Very Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | |
Cold Shot [Album Version] [Version] | |
Look At Little Sister |
Playlist: The Very Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot | 4:02 |
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) | 9:12 |
Pure... Guitar Heroes [2010]
Song | Duration |
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The House Is Rockin' | 2:24 |
Essential: The Power of Rock [2009]
Song | Duration |
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House Is Rockin' | 2:25 |
The Collection: Couldn't Stand the Weather/Texas Flood/Soul to Soul [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
Lookin' out the Window | 2:48 |
Texas Flood/In the Beginning [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Tell Me | 2:48 |
When Blues Met Rock: The Electric Sound From the '50s to the '80s [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:42 |
Goin' South Platinum Edition [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:39 |
Solos, Sessions & Encores [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Change It [#] | 4:26 |
Texas Flood [#] | 5:53 |
The Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:22 |
Collections [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:22 |
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Crossfire | 4:10 |
Dukes of Hazzard [Original Soundtrack] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy [*] | 3:39 |
Songs for My Ute, Vol. 3 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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The House Is Rockin' |
Carved In Stone: Live At Red Rocks, Vol. ll [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 6:15 |
In the Mood for Blues [Universal] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
The Best Air Guitar Album in the World...Ever! [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Crossfire | 4:09 |
The Very Best of the Blues [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:41 |
Blues-Rock Songbook: Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 2:42 |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:21 |
Come on, Pt. 3 | 4:31 |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Best of the Blues [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
Simply the Blues [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Pride & Joy | 3:40 |
Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [LP] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Life by the Drop | 2:27 |
Rebel Rock [St. Clair] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Scratch-N-Sniff | 2:42 |
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot | |
Look at Little Sister |
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Change It | 3:57 |
Crossfire | 4:10 |
Life by the Drop | 2:27 |
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble [3.0] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
Classic Rock Hits [Sony] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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The House Is Rockin' | 2:25 |
Dallas Mavericks: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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The House Is Rockin' | 2:20 |
Double Shot of Blues [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Love Struck Baby | 2:22 |
Get the Blues! [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
Live Concert Rock Classics [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 5:01 |
Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 [2 CD & 2 DVD] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Look at Little Sister [#][*][Multimedia Track] |
Phoenix Suns: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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The House Is Rockin' | 2:19 |
Portland Trailblazers: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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The House Is Rockin' | 2:19 |
Best of Rock, Vol. 2: The Ultimate Collection [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:22 |
SRV [2000]
Song | Duration |
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You're Gonna Miss Me Baby [#] | 2:47 |
Crosscut Saw [Live][#] | 4:35 |
The Sky Is Crying [Live][#] | 7:19 |
Crossfire [Live][#] | 4:27 |
The Things (That) I Used to Do [Live] | 4:20 |
Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:41 |
Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather/Soul to Soul [1998] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 7:58 |
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) | 9:10 |
You'll Be Mine | 3:42 |
Come On, Pt. 3 | 4:30 |
Texas Flood/Couldn't Stand the Weather/Soul to Soul [2005] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
The Collection [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Look at Little Sister [#][*] | 2:46 |
The Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Look at Little Sister | 3:09 |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 8:00 |
Big Blues Extravaganza!: The Best of Austin City Limits [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Love Struck Baby | 3:00 |
Blues Box [Star Pool] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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I'm Cryin' |
Hard Rock Cafe: Modern Blues [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up on Love | 6:08 |
Modern Blues [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Ain't Gone 'N' Give up on Love |
No. 1 Blues Album [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Love Struck Baby | 2:22 |
Live at Carnegie Hall [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot | 4:45 |
C.O.D. | 5:32 |
Taste of Texas: Songs 'bout Texas by Texans [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 5:21 |
Blues [Castle] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:39 |
Fender 50th Anniversary Guitar Legends [1996]
Song | Duration |
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The Telephone Song | 3:27 |
Blues Fest: Modern Blues of the '80s [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Love Struck Baby | 2:22 |
Greatest Hits [UK] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Taxman | |
Texas Flood |
Blues Masters Sampler [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
Hello Y'a All... [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Let Me Love You Baby | 3:48 |
Unplugged Collection, Vol. 1 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy |
Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
Classic Rock, Vol. 3 [MCA] [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy |
Blues Masters: Essential Blues Collection [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy |
Classic Rock Box: WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Box [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:39 |
In the Beginning [1992]
Song | Duration |
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They Call Me Guitar Hurricane | 3:06 |
Shake for Me |
Live at the El Mocambo [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) |
The Sky Is Crying [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Life by the Drop |
The Sky Is Crying [1991]
Song | Duration |
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May I Have a Talk with You | 5:50 |
In Step [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Crossfire | 4:10 |
Let Me Love You Baby | 2:43 |
Leave My Girl Alone | 4:15 |
In Step [LP] [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Leave My Girl Alone |
Live Alive [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Shot | 5:40 |
Look at Little Sister | 4:15 |
Soul to Soul [1985]
Song | Duration |
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Look at Little Sister | 3:07 |
Couldn't Stand the Weather [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | 7:59 |
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) | 8:01 |
Cold Shot | 4:01 |
The Sky is Crying [*] | 4:11 |
Couldn't Stand the Weather [Legacy Edition] [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Tin Pan Alley (Roughest Place in Town) | 9:11 |
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [Live][#] | 11:53 |
Texas Flood [Live][#] | 8:20 |
Live! At Loreley Festival [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood |
Force of Nature II [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Flood | 9:55 |
Texas Flood [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Tell Me | 2:49 |
Mary Had a Little Lamb | 2:47 |
Ambience de Minion: Zoob's World
Song | Duration |
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Pride and Joy | 3:40 |
Andrew Goldring & the Rosedale Power Co.
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 3:58 |
Doghouse Daddies
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 3:55 |
Northgate Noise, Vol. 3
Song | Duration |
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Pride & Joy | 3:40 |
The Early Years
Song | Duration |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb | 3:04 |
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